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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

July 1960

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Lunar month 626Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 624Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 625Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 626Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 627Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 628Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 629Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 630Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 631Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 61Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 62Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 63Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 64Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 65Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 66Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 23, 1960

Lunar 一九六〇年 · 六月三十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Lesser Heat

    Thu

    1960-07-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1960-07-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1960-08-07

    In 15 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    1960-08-23

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 大暑

Year cycle

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸未

六月三十

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutCaptureFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Move the hearthMarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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